Ernest Kavanagh (1884 – 25 April 1916) was a

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born cartoonist who contributed to a number of political publications in the early part of the 20th century.

Biography

Kavanagh's cartoons were published using his initials E.K. He provided cartoons for

The Irish Worker ''The Irish Worker'' was a newspaper produced by James Larkin, initially edited by Larkin and published in 1911 as ''The Irish Worker and Peoples' Advocate'', it was suppressed in August 1914. James Connolly edited the paper when Larkin was in ja ...

newspaper of James Larkin's

Irish Transport and General Workers' Union The Irish Transport and General Workers Union (ITGWU), was a trade union representing workers, initially mainly labourers, in Ireland. History The union was founded by James Larkin in January 1909 as a general union. Initially drawing its memb ...

. He produced cartoons published alongside poems by his sister the writer and poet Maeve Cavanagh McDowell. As well as supporting the working class his cartoons attacked the recruitment drive for World War One and supported the suffragette movement. He contributed cartoons to the

suffragette A suffragette was a member of an activist women's organisation in the early 20th century who, under the banner "Votes for Women", fought for the right to vote in public elections in the United Kingdom. The term refers in particular to members ...

paper, ''

The Irish Citizen ''The Irish Citizen'' was founded in 1912 as the newspaper by the Irish Women's Franchise League. Its first editors were Francis Sheehy-Skeffington the writer, pacifist and suffragist, and James Cousins, James H. Cousins'The "Irish Citizen", 1912 ...

'', ''Fianna'' and ''

Irish Freedom ''Irish Freedom'' was launched in November 1910, as an Irish monthly publication of the Irish Republican Brotherhood movement. It lasted for four years until suppressed in 1914 by the British administration in Ireland. It was founded in by Tom ...

''. A non-combatant, he was struck and killed by a bullet during the

Easter Rising The Easter Rising ( ga, Éirí Amach na Cásca), also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland with the a ...

, on 25 April 1916. A book on his cartoons, ''Artist of the Revolution. The Cartoons of Ernest Kavanagh'', was published in 2012.

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Francis Devine on William Martin Murphy
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kavanagh, Ernest 1884 births 1916 deaths Civilians killed in World War I Irish cartoonists People of the Easter Rising